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"No, I guess not," Tora said, watching as their things were rung up and placed into plastic bags, "well, let's get going."

"Coming, coming." Leota said, jogging after Tora as he held the door open for her.

"So, what're we gonna do once we get to Kagome-san's place?"

"Well, I'm gonna do some stuff off by myself, but the rest of you can play a game or something until I get done. I shouldn't be too long."

"What're you planning on doing?"

"Stuff."

"What kind of stuff?"

Leota's eyes seemed to cloud over, "Just stuff, okay?"

"All right," Tora said, knowing when to back off, "just don't take too long, okay?"

"I won't, don't worry. Now let's pick up the pace. I don't wanna spend my night fighting rival gangs, okay?"

"Heh, I'm with you there."

"Good, I'm glad we agree on that much." Leota smiled.

The two of them walked on in silence after that, sharing the occasional smile or wink as they crossed the street. So lost were they in their thoughts of happiness that neither wolf nor tiger noticed the pairs of eyes watching them.

"Tomorrow it is, then, my pets. Tomorrow shall we meet once again."

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A/N: WARNING! This chapter has lemon content between Kouga and Venita! If you are uncomfortable with such, then I guess I'll see you for chapter fourteen, all right? If you need to know what happens, I'm sure you can ask a friend to tell you, all right? You've been warned, so you can't kill me for not telling you! Ookami-chan :-)

Chapter Thirteen:
Reunion

Walking into the Higurashi household as quietly as was possible, Tora and Leota put their groceries in the kitchen and went looking for their friends.

"Tora-san! Tora-san, come quick!" Leota whispered excitedly.

Nearly skidding into the living room because of his socks, Tora braced himself by holding onto Leota's shoulder, "Think they'll hit it off by themselves?"

Looking at the tiger as though he were crazy, Leota quirked an eyebrow at her naïve friend, "Are you kidding? Those two? Get together by themselves? Hah!"

Shaking his head, Tora smiled, "Yeah, you're right, Ookami-sama. They definitely need our help. But you gotta admit they're cute."

"Exactly why we've gotta make sure they get together!" Leota whispered hurriedly.

"Right!" Tora agreed as the two shook hands.

Both of them smiling, wolf and tiger stepped into the kitchen so they could speak without being overheard, and also so that they wouldn't wake a certain hanyou.

"So, have any new plot ideas?"

"Um... now that you mention it, Sama-sama, I do have an idea. Care to hear it?"

"Oh of course, Tora-san. I always wanna hear your ideas. Or any ideas for that matter. So? What're you thinking?"

Taking his time to answer, Tora smirked, "I'll tell you my plot if you tell me why you've suddenly gotta go visit the shed."

Eyes widening with surprise, Leota immediately turned away, "I just need to get some of my stuff."

"What stuff? You took all of your stuff with you. I knew you did. I saw you, Sama-sama."

Leota growled, "Just never mind, Tora! All you need to know is that there's some stuff I need to get, all right?"

Tora backed up several steps, "All right, all right. Sorry I asked. I'm just concerned about you, okay? You keep telling people that they can tell you their problems, but who do you talk to, eh?"

"Normally," Leota began with a sigh, "I talk to Kouga-kun; but since you won't tell me where he is, I can't talk to him."

"Listen, uh, Sama-sama?"

"What?" Leota asked as she turned around.

"I think I'm ready to tell you where Kouga-sama is."

At this revelation, Leota immediately locked the emerald eyes of her human self onto the jade eyes of her friend. All of a sudden, Leota lunged herself at Tora and held his shirt collar with white-knuckled fists.

"You would? Oh Tora-san, please? Onegai, Tora, I need to know where he is! I have to be with him! He is my wind, he keeps me alive!"

"That's the thing, though, Sama-sama, you've never been more than twenty feet away from him."

"What are you talking about?" Leota asked, finally letting go of Tora's collar.

"When Kouga-sama and I went out to the woods to talk, I wanted to tell him about Kagome-san's world. He started asking questions, and soon he'd asked so many that I decided it would be easier to just share some of my memories with him."

"Then what? You shared your memories and then you what?"

"I didn't know if the link between you and Kouga-sama would allow him to use the well, so I, uh..."

Leota's eyes narrowed dangerously, "You what?"

Gulping, Tora answered a little shakily, "I kinda did the same thing you did with Kagome-san."

"Which time? I've done a lot of things to K-chan."

"Remember when you threatened to tell the bikini story?"

Leota took a moment to gather her memories, "Yes... I was in K-chan's mind when... hold it, you. You didn't take my Kouga-kun into your mind and put his body around your neck, did you?"

Laughing nervously, Tora lifted a necklace from under his shirt. Tied around it was a strand of dark hair.

At first, all Leota could do was look at the hair, as though confused by what it was. Slowly, but surely, the emerald eyes began to lose their warmth, changing from deep green to an icy blue.

"Before you stab me with that wooden spoon on the counter, please let me tell you that I can release him whenever either of you wants; Kouga-sama just wanted to wait for a good moment."

Leota shifted her cold gaze from the necklace to Tora's face, "I do believe now would be as good a time as any. But that's only if you value your life."

"How about we go outside so as not to wake the kawaii couple on the couch, eh?"

Sighing, Leota calmed herself down, "Hai, that would be a good idea. Come on, Tora-san, move your ass outside, 'ya hear?"

"Yes Ma'am." Tora beamed.

The pair walked outside, making sure to be quiet as they opened and shut doors. As soon as they were well enough away from the house, Leota stopped and looked at the tiger with the shards of ice still in her eyes.

"I want you to know that once you've released him, I need you to go back inside, understand?"

"Hai, I understand, I just don't know why?"

"And you don't need to know why, got it? I need to talk to Kouga-kun about something and I don't need you to hear it. Got it?"

Tora nodded, "Yes, Sama-sama, I understand. Just don't be too long, okay? If the couple on the couch wakes up, I don't know how I'm going to deal with them."

"Give Inu-Yasha Ramen and suddenly 'find' a school book of hers. All her books and homework are in my bag. That'll keep them both busy."

"Gotcha," Tora said, removing the strand of hair from the necklace and holding it in front of his face, "would you like to release him or should I?"

Leota sighed, "You know that just as you can't manipulate my spells, I can't control yours. You have to release him."

"All right, all right, I'm going."

Suddenly, Tora snapped the hair in two, throwing the pieces into some bushes. He watched as Leota's face went from angry to mortified.

"What in the seven hells was that for?! You just split his soul in two!" She yelled, her canine teeth lengthening as well as her claws.

"It's just as you said a few seconds ago: my spells work differently than yours. I have to manipulate them differently than you do. Breaking the object that contains the soul is the only way to release it where I come from. Had you been born and raised in the East, you would have had to break the blue jewel you gave Kagome-san, rather than what you did."

"Yeah well what I did was necessary. I couldn't just release my body only to have someone say my name immediately and thus throw me back here. I had to borrow the body of that wolf, or else I'd be out of luck and Kagome would have had to face a very angry Kagura."

Tora was about to agree when a rustling was heard in the bushes. Both tiger and wolf stilled as their senses told them to wait for the attack. Tora was the first to relax, since his senses never took over his mind as Leota's did. He made slow movements so as not to alarm her.

"Relax, Sama-sama, it's just someone to visit you. There's no threat here," Tora tried reassuring his friend, "you can come out now and set your wife straight."

The rustling continued and soon Kouga stepped out from the bushes, a look of longing on his face. A look that was soon replaced by confusion.

"She looks like she's about to lunge at me and bite my head off." He commented, noticing that his mate's eyes resembled those of an angry bitch protecting her cubs.

"Ah don't worry, Kouga-sama, she's always like that. Just let your scent linger for a little while longer and move slowly. As you can see, she's more on the edge over here than she is in your world," Tora snickered, "actually, I just call her paranoid."

Kouga's face went from confusion to understanding, "I see. More people hunt her here than where I come from, is that it?"

Tora thought about his friend's comment, "Yea, I guess you could say that. There're a lot of people that want Sama-sama for themselves, and want to take her as theirs; however, I know you won't let that happen. Just be careful, though. Ookami-sama is a risk taker, and won't hesitate to try and fight off all those that try and steal her away. You not included."

"But that's good, isn't it? It's good that she fights off all those that would take her for themselves."

"No, it isn't," Tora said sadly with a shake of his head, "she loses track of everything when she's fighting under those conditions. She doesn't care who's friend or foe, she just wants to get away. Look at her now, torn between the whole 'fight or flight' mode. She's telling herself to fight, when her body is telling her to run. That's what goes on in assassin training. You learn to tune out what your body is telling you, and if she has to, she can stay in that position for days. Never mind the bathroom, she'll hold it for as long as it takes."

"That can't be healthy." Kouga said, wrinkling his nose.

"She doesn't care what's healthy or not. She has prey to catch, and she's not gonna let something as trivial as going to bathroom stop her. That's why she's number one and I'm not. I can't do stuff like that; I mean, I could if I had to, but I can't do it automatically like that. That stuff is programmed into her. Another thing I can't do is live up to my name."

"What do you mean?"

Tora breathed a sigh of relief, glad he could get all this information off his chest, "When Ookami-sama goes fighting, she usually doesn't have to put forth much effort; however, when the opponent starts to match her blow for blow, she loses it. She becomes her name. A wolf demon she may be, but even in human form, she bites, she snarls, she claws, everything. It takes a good solid hour to get her back to normal sometimes. Me? I never become like that. I have never once become a tiger, unless I was in demon form. And even then it was only for ceremony."

"I see," Kouga said, looking over at Leota, whose eyes were narrowed, "well, I suppose you should go inside like she told you to. I'll get her back, don't worry."

"Be careful, Kouga-sama. The next time I wanna see you is in one piece, got it? I don't wanna see nothing hanging off of you, all right?"

Kouga chuckled, "We'll be all right. She'll come to her senses soon enough. I do have hands, you know."

It took a moment for Tora to realize what Kouga meant, "Oh, I gotcha. You might wanna go over there behind those trees so nobody has to see you. That and make it sound proof, there's people tryin' to sleep without the two of you making a racket."

Smirking, Kouga moved over to Leota slowly, "Just go inside where it's safe, Tora-san. If you can't tap into your demon power while still fully human, I wouldn't want you to get hurt. Besides, this is a time of wolves. I hear it's good for the marriage to let out all your emotions."

"Well then the two of you are gonna be the healthiest wolves around!" Tora chuckled, still moving slowly towards the house.

Tired of hearing nothing but murmuring inside her head, Leota struck at the blob of color nearest her. She heard air leaving her target's lungs and tried biting on his throat, but he was slightly quicker than she. He'd already rolled to the side and stood, eyes blazing with excitement as she lunged at him again.

"What's the matter, Koishii? Are those clothes weighing you down? I can help with that." Kouga smirked as he pinned his angered mate to the ground, took the top of her shirt in his teeth and pulled upward, resembling a wolf tearing the throat out of his victim.

Even angrier now that she wore only her pants and undergarments, Leota lunged again, managing to scratch her prey on the cheek. Before she could return the favor, though, aforementioned prey threw her back and began running into a small wooded area.

Growling at the escape, Leota followed him, her intentions changing. Earlier, she had wanted to tear him apart and kill him; now she merely wanted to get him naked and have her way with him.

Kouga was jumping for joy on the inside. This was payback time for the time she'd smacked him and led him all the way to Dragon's Lake. It was he that had engaged her this time, and though she'd allowed him to take control at the end, he would not do the same. Tonight it would be he that dominated her once again, but he'd be a little nicer about it...... maybe.

Deciding upon a decent place, Kouga jumped into a tree, waiting for Leota to appear in the small clearing he'd selected. He didn't have to wait long, however, until his woman burst into the clearing, her breathing still even.

"Heh, not for long it won't be," Kouga thought to himself as he jumped from his tree and landed on Leota's right side, "so, you finally made it."

Leota growled at him, "Die."

"No thank you, doesn't sound too appealing right now." He smiled, making sure his canine teeth showed.

"I'll tear your heart out," Leota whispered, her thought patterns returning to normal so as to piece together longer sentences, "but that's only after I castrate you."

Kouga winced, "I'll have to pass on that one, too. You know, I'll have to admit you look beautiful standing there, your legs squared with your shoulders and your chest red from running. Though the sound of what you plan to do to me isn't very appealing, the way you look is."

"You're nothing but a hentai, aren't you? If you don't like my plans for you, what have you planned for me?" Leota asked, trying to stall so as to regain her thoughts and composure, though the latter could not quite be performed since her legs were spread apart to match the width of her shoulders.

"Ah but I am a happy hentai, for I have you here before me. As to my plans for you, well, I have no intention of telling you what they are."

"And why not?"

There was a gleam of mischief in Kouga's eyes, "Because I have to show you instead."

Lunging at his unprepared mate, Kouga pinned Leota to the ground and held her arms in place with legs, a technique he'd devised at Dragon's Lake that she had later used on him. Enjoying the growl of warning he received, Kouga pulled down the straps of the lacy cloth that hid her breasts from his view.

Leota was struggling now, desperately trying to free her arms so as to pull the annoying garment over her head and toss it to the side. She'd already placed a barrier so no one would hear or see them, but her Mate was doing nothing that needed protecting.

"Why do you torture me so?" She demanded, angered when he pinned her arms closer to her body.

He licked her throat and answered simply, "Because I can."

"Why don't you just take me, huh? If you take me now, there may be time to take me again; the heavens know that I would be willing both times."

Kouga traced his nails down Leota's sides, "Would you now?"

"Hai, I would. I would not say anything I did not mean. Please, Kun-kun, I need you, and I need you now. It seems like forever since I have spoken with you, felt you, been with you. Onegai, please, Kouga-kun." Leota pleaded, her eyes a deep blue and her hair white.

Smiling, Kouga spoke, "Does your body need me so much that you would become a demon for me right here? Even though there is a barrier to protect us from view, you would become a demon for me?"

Leota, or rather Venita since in her demon form, averted her eyes for a moment, "No, Koishii. I am not a demon now. To become a demon for you would not show you even the smallest inkling of my love for you. Look higher than my eyes, and you shall see just what I would do for you."

Doing as Venita asked, Kouga looked at her beautiful hair, tousled because he had pinned her so rapidly. Seeing something twitch beneath the strands of white, Kouga used a hand to move the strands aside.

And nearly choked on his breath.

"Y-You would...?"

Venita nodded, "Hai. I would show to you my hanyou form just for you to know how much I need you, Koishii. Please, Kun-kun, my eyes burn with tears as my stomach burns with need for you."

Had he had ears like Inu-Yasha's, they would surely have flattened to the sides of his head at Venita's revelation. For her to admit something as important as need and to show him her half demon form was too much for him. How could he not give in when his mate was showing and telling him such things?

And besides, she had promised that she would let him do it all again.

Loosening his hold on her arms, Kouga grabbed her wrists in his left hand, holding them above her head and using his right hand to remove the garment she had called a bra. Tossing the useless cloth to the side, Kouga removed her pants just as deftly, tossing them as well.

Soon all that remained was a piece of red cloth, something his love had called 'underwear', but had explained to him what kind it was; however, he couldn't remember what it was called, save that started with 't'.

Looking at Venita's face, Kouga saw that her eyes were closed and her mouth was slightly open. It was then that he realized he hadn't even kissed her today.

"What kind of mate am I if I don't even kiss the most beautiful woman on either side of the well?" Kouga scolded himself, removing the last barrier between them and lowering his lips to Venita's parted ones.

As soon as she felt Kouga's tail touch her thigh, Venita remembered the unmistakable feeling of being naked. She knew it would happen; but what she hadn't expected was for Kouga to kiss her. He hadn't kissed her since he'd been released, so why was he doing it now?

And, more importantly, why was she the only one naked again?

"Damn him! At least at Dragon's Lake I took my own clothes off! Why do I have to be naked before him?!" Venita thought, showing him her frustration by nibbling his bottom lip as she drew his tongue farther into her mouth.

Kouga pulled away, "Something wrong, Koishii?"

"Hai." Venita said, a definite tone to her voice.

"And what might that be?"

Venita growled, "I'm naked and you're not."

This comment caused Kouga to laugh, "You find that to be problematic?"

"Without a doubt."

"I see," Kouga said, pulling his armor off and tossing it along with Venita's clothing, "better?"

"The katana, too."

Removing his sword, the two heard it hit a tree before settling on the ground, "Now is that better?"

"I suppose so."

"Good, because what you see now is all I was going to show you."

"Hn, it's the only thing I've seen!" Venita protested.

"Is that so?" Kouga teased.

"Yes."

"Too bad," Kouga shrugged, "now, no more talk."

About to protest once more, Venita was stopped when Kouga took a nipple between his teeth. Taking the other between the nails of his thumb and forefinger, Kouga enjoyed hearing the soft moans coming from his mate.

It did not take long for Venita's body to warm and for a soft blush to spread from her cheeks all the way to her chest. Nibbling on the soft, furry tips of her ears, Kouga felt that if he did not take her while she wasn't expecting it, he would have failed his duty as a mate. So, planting kisses on her forehead, cheeks, and lips, Kouga trailed his tongue down her throat and around her breasts.

Once he reached her navel, Kouga could see her muscles rippling as her breathing became a little more labored, something Kouga took great joy in seeing. Another thing that pleased him was that Venita had arched her back to him, begging for him to turn his attentions higher in contrary to where her scent was telling him to go.

"She certainly is a woman," Kouga thought with a smile as he nudged her legs aside to make room for himself, "can't make up her mind."

Holding himself still for a few moments, Kouga waited until Venita began to open her eyes before completely burying himself in her warmth with one thrust.

Startled, Venita's ankles locked around Kouga's hips, pulling him in deeper as she arched her back up towards the sky. Her eyes snapped open and her mouth made a silent scream to the heavens as her breath fled from her lungs. Finally adjusting to the sudden intrusion Venita lay down completely, placing herself into submission once more.

Looking into Kouga's eyes, she saw they were beginning to take on the feral look that Venita remembered from Dragon's Lake. She decided to try and reach him while he was still somewhat within his right mind.

"P-P-Please? Koishii, please, I beg you to do as you will with me." Venita pleaded, despite the fact she knew as soon as she spoke his wolf instincts had taken over his entire self.

Venita was proven correct when Kouga pinned her arms to her sides and growled at her for disobeying the unspoken command to be quiet.

"Believe me, Bitch," he whispered darkly into her ear, "I will."

With that said, Kouga bit above the nipple of Venita's left breast as he pulled back from her warmth only to slam himself in deeper. Venita bit her lip to keep from speaking again, knowing that anymore disobeying would bring her even more pain. She didn't understand why Kouga became this way, or why he allowed himself to become the feral wolf; but she did know one thing:

She loved it.

"I suppose that's why Kouga-kun gives in the way he does," she thought as Kouga bit her again as though able to sense when she was thinking to herself, "he knows how much I like it, so he lets go of all his restraints to bring this part of himself out in the open for me to see and enjoy."

The only thing she didn't enjoy was that his hair was still in its usual ponytail, and that he was being especially forceful this night. Venita felt as though she were being ripped apart all over again, as though she'd suddenly become a virgin by not engaging in sexual activity for the past week.

Whatever the case may have been, Venita stopped her thoughts. Kouga was getting dangerously close to her throat, and she wanted to keep that much in tact.

Kouga smiled inwardly as he continued to thrust harder and faster into his mate. She'd been thinking for a few minutes, and hadn't even realized that she'd released twice during her time of thoughts. He'd tried to bring her out it, but after each bite, her body would release more of her sweet scent, causing him to get closer and closer to his own release.

Knowing she could take no more, Venita disobeyed another unspoken command: she moved. It was a small movement, but one that sent her Mate flying off of his cliff he'd labeled 'control'.

As he felt his seed pouring into the woman he'd marked for himself, Kouga cursed mentally. His bitch had been so bold as to squeeze her walls around him, making her that much tighter and making him loose all sense of himself. This release wasn't unwelcome, however, for the tightness within his own stomach had been unbearable. Howling his relief to the moon and stars above them, and glad no one could hear, Kouga made sure to roll Venita on top of him and let her head rest above his heart.

Lifting her head, Venita licked her Mate's cheek, letting him know that despite his force, she forgave him. He opened his eyes, already heavy with sleep, and smiled, returning the lick she had given him in a sign of thanks. Afterwards, both allowed their heads to fall, eyes closing and breathing evening out to normal patterns. Within seconds, both were asleep.

In the trees above, two green eyes were alight with joy. Jumping down from his selected tree, the figure draped a blanket over the two sleeping wolves. Looking at his good deed, he jumped back up into his tree and made his way to his current place of residence.

"I love seeing them together," he thought, stepping into the Higurashi household silently, "it makes me so happy to know that Ookami-sama has found such happiness. I only wish I didn't have to eavesdrop on a scene like that."

Walking into the living room, Tora looked at Kagome and Inu-Yasha, both of them still asleep as well. Mrs. Higurashi, Kagome's grandfather, and Sota had all come home quite a while ago, and it seemed traffic had been horrible. They had all whispered how cute the couple on couch were, and asked where Leota was, but Tora had said nothing about his Ookami-sama's whereabouts. He was slightly envious of his friends, for all of them had partners except for him.

"Oh well, my happiness comes from seeing them happy and that's good enough for me." He thought, changing into his tiger form and curling up on the carpet behind the couch.

It would be very interesting to see the reaction the couple on the couch had when they woke next to each other the next morning, for at least this time the wolf and the tiger had nothing to do with it.

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((December 18, 2004)) A/N: Woohoo! Chapter 13 is finally up! ::dances:: I'm so sorry to keep you all waiting, but hey, you really can't complain because not only is it a nice long chapter, but it's got a lemon in it, too! ::gasps for air::

It feels good to get this chapter done, and I think the next one will answer the annoying question of who said this: "Tomorrow it is, then, my pets. Tomorrow shall we meet once again."

Don't hold me to it, though, 'cause I'm not all that sure, okay? Please tell me what you think, okay? And pretty please send me your ideas of different plots! ::begs:: If you recall from chapter twelve, Ota-chan has a very hot and wet plot in store for the unsuspecting "couch couple".

See you all soon! Please review! :-)

Ookami-chan

By the way: 7 more days until Christmas Day!